Nightmare Before Valentine's Day...Finding Your 'Inner Sally'

sdstarfish

This is an article from my blog that I wanted to share with all of you.
Happy Valentine's Day, beautiful ladies!

Breast cancer can really mess with a woman's mind. Hair falls out.When it grows back, it is often very different from the hair she once had. Body parts have been lost or rearranged. Chemotherapy has likely changed her facial skin prematurely...now there are random age spots, and her skin has lost some elasticity.

When she looks in the mirror, she does not see a Heart-Breaker. Instead, she feels heart-broken.

Even those of us blessed with a really supportive spouse or significant other do not feel the same. We want to be sexy. But much of the time, we don't feel sexy in our altered bodies.

Valentine's Day can drive this point home more than any other holiday. Putting on a romantic ensemble for your sweetie no longer makes a girl feel glamorous. Sure, on the inside we still dream of love and passion. But on the outside, we feel more like Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas....with no Pumpkin King.

It's unfair and heart-breaking that we look completely different....feel completely different....live completely different.

But girls - we're still beautiful. Very beautiful. Beautiful in a way that no one will understand unless they've personally been through this ugly process known as 'treatment'. (I can think of much nicer 'treats' - how about you?)

But we are still here. And we're beautiful.

This Valentine's Day, let's all be Sally. Sally's head may have been sewn on. But it was sewn on straight! She had good intuition, was true to what she believed in, and pursued her passion. If she lost a few body parts along the way, then so be it! She had moxie. And girls, moxie is sexy. Ask any Pumpkin King!!!!

It doesn't matter whether we've gained weight.....or if we've lost weight, body parts, or anything else. We do not have to lose our passion.

If you have a special someone to share Valentine's Day with - but you're avoiding romance because you doubt your beauty...

With or without your Pumpkin King...find your inner Sally!

To see this entire post, go to:

http://pink-kitchen-with-lisa.blogspot.com/2010/02/nightmare-before-valentines-day.html 

azsunn

Thanks for sharing.

Makratz

How true!  I think we need to be reminded.  Thanks!